https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/09\/death-of-the-gay-gene\/<\/a>). Since he finds persuasive evidence of this “orientation” to be genetic, sodomy\nmust therefore merit approval and toleration. \n What is “natural” is good\nand must be permitted – or, of course, even encouraged. <\/p>\n\n\n\nQuite simply we may answer, as (Biblical\/Christian) conservatives,\nthat the corruption of our minds and hearts (and genes) is not an excuse for –\nsimply put – approving sin. The ethical\nand imperative prescription given by the Scriptures is that we\n“repent” and walk in righteousness. \nThis repentances does not assume that we have no attraction for sin and\nrebellion and “same sex attraction.” \nSuch are “natural” perversions since the fall of man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is this doctrine of “the fall” which plays so\nphilosophically crucial to an understanding of the legitimacy of law and the\nduty of obedience to it, despite our “disability” to obey. We are called by God to obey even while we\nare yet disinclined – quite “naturally”- to do so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
5 Sept., 2019 Robert Verbruggen, writing for the “conservative” National Review, vies for approval and toleration of sodomy (Sept. 3, 2019, “Death of the \u2018Gay Gene\u2019”; see https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/09\/death-of-the-gay-gene\/). Since he finds persuasive evidence of this “orientation” to be genetic, sodomy must therefore merit approval and toleration. What is “natural” is good and must be permitted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,9,12,18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apologetics","category-apostasy-cowardice-or-buffoonery","category-character-or-not","category-family-matters","category-political-ministry-of-the-churches-of-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3024\/revisions\/3025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbray.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}